Improvement



Leiters Patent No. 109,981, dated Deeember 6, '1870.

iMPRQVEMENT EN LANDAULET CRREAGES.

The chedule :gehad t0 in these Letters Ptent and making gian: gi thesame.

To a?! whom 'if may concern: l

Be it known than i, Enwixao WELLS, of New Hnven, in the count-y of NewHaven :nid State if Con` neeticnt, 'herve invented o new Improvement inLun-- damier Carringes; und I do herehy dechire the foliowino*` whentoken in connection' withjho neumo- -c lnnsying drawing-mid the ietersoi reference marked wherein, to be :L inil, lear, :md exact desuriptionot" the sinne, and which s'nid drnwixig constitnes'puri; ofthisnecifiention, und represen@ inf- Figure l, a. side view', nnd

Fignre 2, o from; view.

This invention relates to` im improvement in that einss ot' carriagescommonly eniied Linnlzinietf thatl is to say, (hose in which tho top,from the center of -the door hoek, folds in iilie nxnnner ns a, hnidnucarriage. 4

i The front part has heretofore been removable, that is, tnhenhom thebody, This removni is; the only objection io `his otherwise-desirableStyle of ein? ridges, :is il; ii'ennentiywecnrs tha, when 2in-'oy Awith`the carriage open, it is-desirahie to ciose the top; but this cannot bedone, as the front portion is4 necessarily left where it was tziiienfrom the carriage To overeome this douit-y is the object of` myinvention; und i it consists in iiinging the posts at the front side ofthedoor, so as fao oid down nrose the front, the sash being const-ruderisons to drop,'i2he ponts covering,r the sash, and the'ivhcie topconsi-rooted to double and i'ohi bueh, so that' no port oi' the carriageis removed, bnn the whole muy be `easily adjusted to close the enrringe.

A is the body, ofusnzd form, and

l, the door. v

The remdoor-nost G hinged at a, inv the. nsnnl nimmer, and the topdivided, at theA center (I of the door, into two parts, E F. l 4

he two porfis of the top are hinged together nt e, :md the rear parthinged to the post C at i.

The forward portion F is doweied, orotherivise constrneted so :n: tolook onto the iront doo1';nist D.

' Tin-rotore, deiaohing ihe top from the frontposts, it. moy he foided,:is denoted in broken lines,.iig. l,

n 'nnre common '.inhirons iixed ,to he post C, o support the bows, forthe extension of the renr port oi' the top, in the nonni nmnnvr.

The snsh H for the front is eonstrneted to [ironinto zb recess in thebody, in the nsnni manner, und the info from; door-posts D 1),*(xee 2,)hinged ntj',

broken lines.

The Shape of the-front snshor frontend of ihe enrringe mnyV be Curved,straight, or any of' the usuali forms, but so as to permit. tho droppingof he front.`

or snsh. The gloss 'iront muy bo divided into two portions, imringncenterpos between the t.\ro`por tions, extending to he top, :1nd thispostconstructed to fold over or oder the other poor, as the come muy he.v

),Yhen the carriage is open, if il: is desired to close the top, theposts D D :1re raised und the -op thrown iin'ward, :md tho parts securedtogether, :1S denoted in the drawing, which muy be done in zi fswseconds, und with iittio or more inconvenience or trouble than isexperienced in throwing np )bhe iop of mi ordinnry carrier-ge, and :illobjections to this style of cori-inge. are overcome.

I einhn :is my invention* 1. The top, consisting of the two paris E1",hingea together, and tho pan'b ii hinged io the door-post, so thanthe-said ports and posi; i'ohl together, substrintiniiy in the mannerdescribed.

2. In combination with the fohiingiop E F and the post C, The.frontposis l) 1), ieonsrructed* nnd zirranged to fold down :nrfrois theiront, snbstantinhy in -the manner set t'orth.

Nitnessesr A. J. Tinnitus, J. 1T. SUUMWAY.

I) Ui Jil) WELLS.

